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Master fundamental board openings, control the center, and develop your pieces efficiently to set up a dominant mid-game position.
Sharpen your calculation skills with daily puzzles covering forks, pins, skewers, and multi-move checkmating patterns.
Connect with grandmasters, analyze your games with peers, and get personalized feedback to boost your rating fast.
Tailor a custom training regimen based on your weak points, accuracy analytics, and individual playing style.
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As the founder of Chessability, Fabio Botarelli seeks to educate each student individually according to their strengths and preferences. When Fabio teaches his students his main emphasis is on teaching strategy, philosophy, theory, tactics, general principles and critical thinking skills. The goal of his lessons are to create a chess player who can feel comfortable playing in any type of chess position. As someone who has competed in tournaments for over 20 years, Fabio knows from personal experience that getting better at chess is not about memorizing the latest opening theory or relying heavily on short term or long term memory but rather in learning how to calculate and how to think critically in every given chess position and game situation.
He understands that every student is different and that every student has their own personal strengths and weaknesses and as a proud players coach, Fabio takes pride in teaching to his students strengths while helping them overcome or minimize the weaknesses in their game.
Our experience at The Calhoun School Upper School Chess Club
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Chessability NYC offers private and group chess lessons to individuals and groups throughout.
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Chess Tutor
Build a strong foundation and improve your game with personalized chess lessons designed for your skill level. Learn opening principles, tactics, strategy, calculation, and practical game skills with expert guidance.
Make your school breaks more exciting with chess programs and tournaments designed to combine learning, competition, and fun. Students develop confidence & tournament experience while playing.
Improve your chess from anywhere with flexible online lessons. Follow structured training, study real games, practice tactics, and develop your strategic thinking with guidance from experienced chess instructors.
Our Testimonials
"Fabio Botarelli is a wonderful chess instructor and coach. Thanks to his reaching and support, my son who has learning disabilities got 3rd place out of the 320 participants in his section at the 2014 Elementary Chess Nationals in Dallas, Texas."
"Fabio Botarelli gave private chess lessons to my son, Ethan, for 5 years. He went from a complete novice - not knowing how to move the pieces - to an expert during that time. Ethan's rating is now over 2000 thanks to the wonderful chess foundation and critical thinking skills that Fabio taught him."
"Fabio Botarelli is a wonderful teacher. He's patient and kind as he skillfully builds his students' knowledge and confidence in the game of chess.".
My chess curriculum starts off with the general concepts of the game such as check, checkmate, stalemate, how each piece moves, basic attack, defense, etc. The next phase is opening development, tactics, middle game theory and endgame theory.
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